From Chaos to Consciousness: A Brief History of the Universe

From Chaos to Consciousness: A Brief History of the Universeby Mike Corwin

Publisher: Bookboon2015ISBN-13: 9788740309379Number of pages: 166

Description:A textbook intended for a one-semester course in Astronomy. After a few introductory chapters on the history of astronomy and the present universe, it is narrowly focused on material directly and chronologically related to the eventual rise of conscious beings in the universe.

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